health

Why Women Are Cold at Work

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Office temperatures are usually set for the comfort of male workers, who feel warmer

Food inspectors: More teeth please

Haima Deshpande in Mumbai and Anil Budur Lulla in Bengaluru

Food inspectors say they’re up to the challenge of keeping people safe, even taking on powerful business interests—if only they were better equipped for it

Maggi: If it’s bad, it’s good

Mohit Hira

Why the Maggi problem is an opportunity

The plus side of obesity

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If you are overweight as a middle-ager, you are less likely to get old-age dementia

WHILE YOU WERE WALKING

Lhendup G Bhutia

The obsession of fitness tracking with devices that monitor steps taken, calories burned and even sleep

The Limits of Prevention

Madhavankutty Pillai

The questions that arise from Angelina Jolie’s revelation of more organ removals

Greeks, Dukes And the Art of a Perfect Diet

Shylashri Shankar

The problem we face today in India and many other parts of the world is that we straddle two conflicting ways of thinking about the relationship between health, food and taste